Prof. Viktor Grünwald

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Medical Oncologist

  • University Hospital Essen
  • location Germany

Viktor Grünwald is a professor for Interdisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology at the University Hospital Essen in Essen, Germany. Professor Grünwald specialises in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. His main areas of research interest are in GU cancers, soft tissue sarcomas, head and neck cancers, with an emphasis on the academic development and translational research of immunotherapies in these indications.

Professor Grünwald graduated from the Medical School Hannover in 1998, after which he was appointed as a Private Lecturer and later professor for Haematology and Oncology at the same institution. He became professor for Interdisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology at the University Hospital Essen in 2018, thereby chairing the section for medical treatments of GU cancers.

Professor Grünwald served at the steering committee for genitourinary (GU) cancers (non-prostate) at the ESMO and ESMO ASIA Congress and was part of scientific committees of the International Kidney Cancer Symposium (EIKCS), German Cancer Congress (DKK) and the German Society for Haematology and Oncology (DGHO). He has chaired different working groups in academic organizations, such as the Central European Society of Anticancer Drug Research (CESAR) studies group, German Medical Oncology studies group (AIO) and German Cancer Society (DKG). His training activities include ESMO preceptorships and the ECCO-AACR-EORTC-ESMO workshop on methods in clinical cancer research (MCCR).

Prof. Viktor Grünwald has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Amgen, AstraZeneca, Astellas, BMS, Debiopharm, Gilead, Eisai, Ipsen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, MSD, Novartis/AAA, Oncorena, Pfizer, Telix Pharmaceutical, Recordati, Roche and Synthekine. 

Programmes developed by Prof. Viktor Grünwald

conference-update Conference update
Oncology 
Highlights from ESMO 2025

Experts join us at ESMO 2025 to share their views on new data on GU, lung, breast, gynecological and upper GI cancers

Experts
Dr Herbert Loong, Prof. Viktor Grünwald, Prof. Thomas Powles, Dr Elisa Agostinetto, Prof. Nicoletta Colombo, Dr Elizabeth Smyth
Endorsed by
Exon20group Biomarker Collaborative ICAN international cancer advocacy network
Lung Cancer Europe
  • clock MIN
  • calendar Oct 2025
  • Non-accredited Independent Medical Education

NSCLC and RCC updates supported by Independent Education Grants from Bayer and Eisai Europe Ltd. respectively. All other updates supported by COR2ED.
ipcv Interactive Patient Case Video (IPCV)
Oncology 
Optimising treatment for advanced RCC

Journey through an interactive patient case

Experts
Prof. Viktor Grünwald
  • clock 15 MIN
  • calendar Oct 2023
  • Non-accredited Independent Medical Education

Educational programme supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Eisai Europe Limited.
Oncology Pediatrics Endocrinology 
NTRK CONNECT Update from ESMO 2020

Experts
Prof. Viktor Grünwald
  • download Downloadable
    Resources
  • clock 5 MIN
  • calendar Sep 2021
  • Non-accredited Independent Medical Education

Educational programme supported by an Independent Educational Grant from Bayer